5.4: Non-Mendelian Genetics

Topic 5.3 explained the basis of genetics: patterns of inheritance which followed the findings of Gregor Mendel. Not all forms of inheritance follow the laws the Austrian observed, and Topic 5.4 is dedicated to explaining these Non-Mendelian patterns of inheritance.

Vocabulary:

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  1. Complete dominance
  2. Incomplete dominance
  3. Codominance
  4. Multiple alleles
  5. Linked genes
  6. Linkage map
  7. Parental type
  8. Recombinant type
  9. Nonnuclear inheritance
  10. Sex-linked gene
  11. Pedigree

Resources:

Videos:

AP® Playground | Non-Mendelian Genetics

PoseKnows Biology | Non-Mendelian Genetics

PoseKnows Biology | Non-Mendelian Genetics (Morgan's Experiments and Gene Mapping)

Amoeba Sisters | Incomplete Dominance, Codominance, Polygenic Traits, and Epistasis!

Amoeba Sisters | Punnett Squares and Sex-Linked Traits

Amoeba Sisters | Pedigrees

Bozeman Science | Advanced Genetics